With a lot anticipation, Takashimaya’s well-loved Lunar New Year Festive Celebration is again once more this 12 months from now until 20 Jan 2023! Trust me once I say you’re going to need to make a visit right down to Orchard for this one— if to not purchase your CNY snacks, then to soak within the buzzing festivities that’ll get you going “huat ah”!
With near over 70 manufacturers promoting all types of Chinese New Year snacks, goodies and different necessities, Takashimaya’s Lunar New Year Festive Celebration is your one-stop store for all issues CNY-related.
Not to say, this marks the primary time since Covid-19 that Takashimaya is bringing again its Lunar New Year festivities at Takashimaya Square, B2, as earlier years’ had been unfold throughout B1 and B2 on account of secure distancing and crowd management measures.
Officially termed the Lunar New Year Festive Celebration 2023, this 12 months’s festivities began with nice fanfare. Takashimaya even invited 财神爷 (Cai Shen Ye, the God of Fortune) and a lion dance troupe to kick off the auspicious celebrations!
What I attempted at Takashimaya’s Lunar New Year Festive Celebration 2023
Angie’s Tempeh (Available at Takashimaya Square, B2)
Specially created for each single Lunar New Year is Angie’s Tempeh Bak Kwa, a totally vegan and vegetarian-friendly different to everybody’s favorite bak kwa.
Each piece of tempeh bak kwa is handmade, and the quantity of labor that goes right into a single piece is astounding. Slow-cultured soybeans are was tempeh and marinated with an in-house vegan bak kwa sauce. Then, every bit of tempeh is blow-torched by hand to create the addictive “bak kwa”.
Angie Tempeh’s Tempeh Bak Kwa is obtainable in two flavours: Original (S$68 per field) and Truffle (S$78 per field).
If you’re trying to seize multiple field, look out for Angie Tempeh’s bundle offers, which offer you a superb 23% off. For instance, 3 Original bins are priced at S$160 (UP $204)!
Bread & Butter (Available on-line and at Takashimaya Food Hall, B2)
Bread & Butter is a neighborhood bakery that solely opened in Jan 2022 specialising in handcrafted pastries. It even has a small cafe in Kensington Square in Hougang!
Apart from freshly baked bread, pastries and puffs, Bread & Butter additionally provides Lunar New Year goodies akin to newly-launched Lychee Cookies (S$23), that are baked with pure sun-dried lychees, and the perennial favorite, Juicy Pineapple Pillows (S$33).
You also can go for Bread & Butter’s signature Almond Pillow (S$33). Made with zero butter and eggs, these silky cookies are melt-in-your-mouth worthy due to the star ingredient: finely crushed almond nuts.
HK Imperial Patisserie (Available on-line and at Takashimaya Square, B2)
Looking for Chinese New Year present bins for family or colleagues? Check out HK Imperial Patisserie, an award-winning Hong Kong model that gives stellar Chinese pastries. You would possibly realize it from its distinctive mooncakes, which was the primary of its variety to win the Grand Gold in Monde Selection award in 59 years!
This Lunar New Year, HK Imperial Patisserie provides 4 varieties of present bins, every of which incorporates a wide range of cookies, puffs, palmiers and egg rolls.
Our suggestion can be the CNY Premium Combo (S$89.90) which comes with 49 items of pastry, akin to its Original Eggrolls, Earl Grey Palmiers and Butter Crispy Cookies. Alternatively, you’ll be able to seize single bins of every pastry, such because the Original Eggrolls (S$48.80 for 24pcs) or Original Palmier (S$59.80 for 32pcs).
More importantly, purchase any 3 bins and get 15% off!
King of Melon Seeds (Available on-line and at Takashimaya Square, B2)
Founded in 1946, King of Melon Seeds is a homegrown model that at the moment has over 100 forms of melon seeds, nuts, dried fruits and signature snacks, making it probably the very best place to move to for all of your CNY snacking wants!
Despite having a shocking vary of snacks that makes it inconceivable to know the place to start, their workers identified its primary best-selling merchandise: Cashew Nuts (2 for S$45), which is available in two flavours: BBQ and Sour Cream.
This is the primary time because the pandemic started that King of Melon Seeds is bringing again this well-loved snack. Each cashew nut has a crunchy exterior and is tossed in an addictive mix of seasoning, making it inconceivable to cease at only one.
Mdm Ling Bakery (Available on-line and at Takashimaya Square, B2)
Situated conveniently on the entrance of the festivities is Mdm Ling Bakery, a quickly rising Singaporean model that’s identified for its cookies, kueh lapis and modern mooncake collections.
Ideal for gifting or for impressing company at house is the Steps to Prosperity (S$148), a stunning 3-tier set that comes with 12 bottles of Mdm Ling’s best-selling cookies.
Decked in clever blooms and a reasonably primrose pink, the Steps to Prosperity accommodates time-honoured cookies and snacks like Premium Pineapple Balls, Kopi Siew Dai Cookies, Anchor Butter Cookies, Purple Sweet Potato Cookies and Green Peas Cookies.
What’s even higher is that this 3-tier assortment may be reused after CNY to retailer your valuables!
Peony Jade (Available on-line and at Takashimaya Square, B2)
A must-visit is Peony Jade, a MICHELIN restaurant model with multi-award successful culinary festive classics, and accessible on the market at its sales space at Takashimaya’s Lunar New Year Festive Celebration are handcrafted Nyonya cookies and goodies akin to Nyonya Makmur Peanut Cookies (S$30.50) and Orh-Ni Tarts (S$62).
Apart from cookies and snacks, Peony Jade may also offer pen cai and yusheng units, in addition to cute bunny-themed desserts and pastries! Be positive to take a look at its Baked Rabbit-shaped Pineapple Yuzu Pastry Gift Set (S$88.88)— every rabbit is filled with pineapples from Sarawak and premium Kochi yuzu.
Peony Jade’s Mahjong Tile Black Gold MSW Durian Cake is again as effectively by well-liked demand. Premium bitter-sweet black gold mao shan wang durian is unfold between layers of fluffy chiffon cake, creating an totally indulgent cake that’ll undoubtedly impress your mahjong kakis.
Pryce Tea (Available on-line and at Takashimaya Square, B2)
Pryce Tea is an award-winning Singapore tea model based by Lim Tian Peng, inheritor to historic homegrown tea firm Lim Lam Thye and brother of the founding father of Gryphon Tea.
Pryce Tea provides a recent interpretation of Chinese tea. Every 12 months, it additionally creates Singapore-inspired teas which are usually offered as presents throughout high-level ministerial visits!
Other than promoting glowing chilly brew tea on faucet in flavours akin to Hakuto Pop and Kyoho Pop (1 for S$10, 2 for S$18), Pryce Tea sells every thing from gourmand Chinese tea akin to Tai-Cha Li Shan Oolong (S$162) to all-encompassing present units just like the Golden Prosperity Gift Set (S$300).
It even has a Pryce x Rasa Sayang Limited-Edition Gift Set (S$166) which comes along with your alternative of tea pot set, kueh lapis from Rasa Sayang, on-site engraved gold tag, and your alternative of tea!
Rasa Sayang (Available on-line and at Takashimaya Square, B2)
I couldn’t take my eyes away from Rasa Sayang’s dazzling unfold of Chinese New Year goodies. Everything was stacked in tall containers, making it inconceivable to overlook.
This model specialises in premium Indonesian desserts and snacks, so it’s also possible to seize your lapis desserts right here.
One snack I completely cherished was the Garlic Sweet Emping (S$26). Emping is a kind of Indonesian chip product of melinjo or belinjo nuts that are barely bitter. Made with no MSG, every delectable piece of Garlic Sweet Emping had a fantastic stability of salty and savoury flavours, which solely made it extra addictive given the fragrant garlic seasoning.
Another must-try is the Prawn Sticks (S$26), which had been ethereal and crunchy. What I actually appreciated was how crisp it was, and it had little to no oily residue in contrast to different prawn crackers I’ve had. Give me a bottle of this and I’d simply wipe all of it clear in a single sitting!
So Good Okay (Available at Takashimaya Square, B2)
A practice that my household has throughout Chinese New Year is to provide fruits to household and associates, and to cater precisely to that want is So Good Okay, an e-commerce model that imports fruits and delicacies instantly from Korea.
There are two issues you must look out for whenever you’re at So Good Okay’s sales space: premium seafood and fruits, each of which are perfect for gifting.
Try its Abalone Gift Set (S$188) which comes with 3 totally different sizes of juicy abalone, Premium Red Hyang Mandarins (S$89 for 2kg) or succulent Premium Korean Strawberries (1 pack for S$29.90, 2 for S$50). Looking to impress the in-laws? You can’t go flawed with So Good Okay’s Premium Korean Fresh Ginseng (S$210) and Dried Sea Cucumber (S$288).
Yan’s Dining (Available at Takashimaya Square, B2)
Opened by Wang Yanqing, former Channel 8 newscaster and TV presenter, is Yan’s Dining, a wonderful eating Shanghai restaurant in Mandarin Gallery. Yanqing is from Shanghai and got here to Singapore to work in MediaCorp when she was simply 21.
Similar to the traditional Shanghainese delicacies bought at Yanqing’s wonderful eating restaurant, you’ll be able to count on genuine Shanghai gadgets at its sales space at Takashimaya’s Lunar New Year Festive Celebration.
Our choose can be its Shanghai Traditional Sweet Fermented Rice Wine (S$28.80 for 800g, S$18.80 for 250ml). Also often known as 酒酿 (jiu niang), this conventional merchandise may be served as a dessert or beverage. Unique to Yan’s Dining is a luggage-shaped present bag— the Lunar New Year Lucky Mini Luggage Hamper (S$98)— which comes with 9 gadgets akin to fish maw, rice cake, Shanghai scallion oil noodles and even varied rice puddings!
Final ideas
It’s been years since I used to be in a position to soak within the festivities at Takashimaya’s Lunar New Year Festive Celebration, and belief me, it feels good that it’s lastly again.
Spread out throughout Takashimaya Square in B2 had been near 60 bodily cubicles providing every thing you would probably want for Chinese New Year: presents, cookies, snacks, decorations, drinks, residence decor, and even dine-in gadgets to your reunion dinner.
Takashimaya LNY Festive Celebration 2023 (In-store)
Date: From now until 20 Jan 2023 (Fri)
Venue: Takashimaya Square & Food Hall, B2
Visit right here for the total record of manufacturers and occasion web site map.
Takashimaya LNY Festive Celebration 2023 (Online)
Date: From now until 14 Jan 2023 (Sat)
Online retailer right here: https://bit.ly/3iaovfZ
Enjoy FREE supply with a min. spend of $150 on-line. Self-collection can also be accessible for all orders at Takashimaya Square, B2.
Use promo code LNY20 to get $20 OFF with a min. spend of $200 on LNY classes (restricted to first 100 clients!)
I do know Chinese New Year is fairly early this 12 months, however I critically can’t wait. Who’s prepared to begin the auspicious festivities?
* This article was dropped at you in partnership with Takashimaya.
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